Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity'
The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations
during World War I, 1914-1923.
by Kenneth Steuer

Table of Contents


Introduction
Chapter 1"Evangelizing the World" Chapter 2The American YMCA Mobilizes Chapter 3The U.S. and POW Responsibilities Chapter 4American YMCA POW Diplomacy Chapter 5Association Diplomacy Extends Chapter 6American Secretaries in Germany Chapter 7Expanding WPA Work in Germany Chapter 8"Keeping Body and Soul Together" Chapter 9Operations in Austria-Hungary Chapter 10Phildius Relief Work in Bulgaria Chapter 11Political Prisoners, Labor Detachments Chapter 12The United States Enters the War Chapter 13The Arrival of Neutral Secretaries Chapter 14POWs in Germany Chapter 15Allied Relief in the Ottoman Empire Chapter 16Armistice and Restoration of Service Chapter 17Post-War WPA Operations Chapter 18Countering the Bolshevik Threat Chapter 19Conclusion
Glossary Maps

Appendix A

Prison Camps

Media Index >> Appendix A: Prison Camps >> Turkey >> Ourfa

Turkish Prision Camps



Ourfa

OURFA (URFAH): The Turkish government interned Allied civilians and a small number of British and Indian officers in this city during World War I. Ourfa was located in the Vilayet of Aleppo in northwestern Mesopotamia. The city was situated on Garmush River, seventy-five miles east of Gaziantep, on the Aleppo to Baghdad Railroad. In early 1915, the Turks interned thousands of Armenian civilians in Ourfa. The Turks later sent British and Russian civilians, in May 1916, for internment in the Armenian monastery at Khudr Elias. The Turks interned French civilians in the town. Typhus was a problem in Ourfa during the war.